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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1952
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun lists subscription prices for Grayson and Fannin Counties at 1 year for 1.50 and six months for 1.00, and outside these counties 1 year for 2.00 and six months for 1.25. Editor and owner T Glenn Doss signs as publisher.
A Texas doctor laments modern end of life care as the dying man endures every intervention from pulmotors to X rays. He contrasts past practice where a family doctor and priest offered quiet comfort with today’s hospital torture of a patient nearing death.
The passage contrasts past and present care, noting earlier era relied on personal dignity and simple funeral service while now medicine and experts promise safety. It laments dependence on science, hospitals, and welfare as a new miracle, arguing society seeks to save itself by managing flaws rather than understanding them.
The piece argues billions of barrels remain unrecovered in old fields and highlights a potential value of 75 billion barrels at 2.50 a barrel. It urges research into improved methods to recover oil for national defense and compares past recovery rates with the vast potential benefits.
The notice outlines worship schedules with Pastor Otis D. Swisher and Rev. Ernest Burnham, Lenten meeting details, and Sunday School topics. It notes services on various Sundays, a March 25 meeting, aWeiner roast planned at Lake Texoma, and attendance by Rev. Burnham at Pilot Grove Church of Christ next Sunday.
Multiple churches share weekly timetable. Rev. Don Riesinger leads Sunday school at 10 a m and preaching at 11 a m on the first and third Sundays. Assembly of God with Rev R L Hamm offers Sunday school 9 45 a m worship 11 a m evangelistic service 7 30 p m and Wednesday prayer 7 30 p m. Sam P Farler includes 10 a m Sunday School 11 a m Morning service 11 a m Youth Fellowship 6 30 p m Evening 7 p m. Women’s Society of Christian Service meets Monday 2 30 p m for study of The Family’s Concern. Church of Christ holds Bible classes 10 a m, Lord’s Supper, and mid week service 7 30 p m Wednesday.
Church roles listed for James L Cooper Paul Robertson and others with a busy schedule of services Youth Fellowship Evening Worship and Choir rehearsals Also mentions North Texas Larger Parish Rev Lee H Smith Sunday School Floyd Bassett and Fourth Lenten study March 24 Paris Presbytery Youth Rally March 21 22 at Sherman church with 3 PM registration
The Tom Bean Presbyterian Church hosts a Sunday Church School session led jointly by the pastor and church director, offering combined instruction and fellowship for congregants.
Ohio State University researcher Dr. William G. Myers and naval officers Lt. Benjamin H. Colmery Jr and Comdr. W. L. McLellan propose future cancer treatment using tiny radioactive gold pieces implanted in patients. The seeds would destroy malignant tissue and remain as harmless remnants after therapy. The note recalls Theodore Roosevelt being saved by a spectacle case in 1912.
About 12 Texans contract leprosy each year with over 300 cases since 1921, mainly near the Gulf Coast and Rio Grande. Dr. Geo W. Cox notes the disease is less contagious, describes two forms tuberculoid and lepromatous, and cites Carville Louisiana's leprosy treatment as available through the Texas Health Department.
The Army announced a policy change allowing Korean War veterans who resign or fail out of officer candidate school to be returned to combat duty. The shift ends prior practice of reassigning such soldiers within the United States to finish tours.
Vermont once operated as an independent republic declaring itself New Connecticut in 1777 before joining the United States.
Political notices list candidates authorized by The Sun for the whitewright city election on April 1 1952 with Russell R Summers seeking a second term as mayor. It also lists Richard S Stark running for State Representative Dist 49F and David H Brown for Judge 15th District Court in the Democratic Primary on July 26 1952.
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